Burner for gas heaters



May 5 i925.

H. KIELBERG BURNER FOR GAS HETERS Fiied April 15. 1923 Patented May 5, `1925.

UNITED STATES' PATENT orrlclil.)

HENRYKIELEBG, OF IVIABTINS maar, omo, Assienon. To wIIIrAKnn-otnssmin COMEANY, QE WHEELING, WEST vlas-Inra, A CORPORATION or wnsr vIaeINIA.

,j BURNER non. GAS unanimes.

Application filed April 13, 1923. Serial No. 631,750.

To all who-m t may con-cera* Be `it known that I, HENRY Kiniqnnno, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Martins Ferry, county of' Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented cer-` tain new and useful Improvements in Burners for Gras Heaters, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates broadly to gas burners, and more specifically to a burner for gas heating stoves.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a `burner for gas heaters which has a simple and relatively inexpensive construction and which is highly eiicient in operation.

A further object is to provide a burner of Bunsen type embodying a plurality of connected Bunsen burner tubes formed wholly of two complementally arranged and attached sheet metal stampings.

With these and other important objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention, illustrating its application to a heater casing;

Figure 2 is an enlarged rear face view of an end portion of the Bunsen burner;

' Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3, Fig. 1; and" j Figure 4 is a similar section of the gas suppl tube.

Re erring to said drawings, 1 indicates a tubular gas supply tube mounted horizontally within the lower part of a stove or heater casing 2 and to which gas -is admitted from a supply line in the usual manner. As herein shown, said supply tube carriesa valve 3 of common form on its inlet end and has its opposite end closed by a welded-on plate 4f which is attached to the adjacent wall of the casing 2.

Disposed in alined relation in the top of the supply tube 1 is a plurality of discharge orifices, herein shown as having nipple-like nozzles or jets mounted therein, through which gas issues in an upward direction; and rigidly mounted upon said tube 1 at points spaced from the endmost of said jets a distance corresponding to` that between jets are upright posts.

Superposed overl each of the various jets 5 is the lower bell-shaped end 7a ofa burner tube 7 of Bunsen type. Said tubes? are arranged in a connected series, beingformed in and constituting parts of a burner element, designated generally` by the letter A andy composed of two sheet metal plates which are attached together in face-to-face complemental relation. Each of said plates is blanlred and die shaped to form troughs, semi-cylindrical in cross section, which, when said plates are fitted together, complement those of the o-pposite plate for forming said tubes 7. rlhe flat panels located between and connecting the troughs of one of said plates have formed therein centrally located substantially rectangular openings 8, and provided in the upper and lower i edges of said panels are recesses 9 and 10, respectively, herein shown as substantially rectangular in form. Each of the panels of the other plate has struck up therefrom a pair of tongues 11 which are projected through the opening 8 of the confront-ing panel of the opposite plate and which are turned laterally in opposite directions into clamping engagement with the vertical portions of the confronting panel marginal to said opening. The said other plate has the upper and lower edges of its panels recessed to correspond with the recesses 9` and 10 of the confronting plate, except that there remain short tongues 12 and 13 which are bendable downwardly and upwardly, respectively, into clamping relation to the adjacent upper and lower cross webs 14; and 15 remaining following the provision of the openings 8 and the recesses 9` and 10.

The vabove described burner element A is supported at a suitable elevation over the supply tube 1by means of a plurality of plate-like supports 16 which are disposed transversely at suitable points and in stationary posit-ions upon said tube, said supports having in the upper portions thereof recesses 17 forming seats for the reception of lower edges of certain of the paneled portions of said burner element.

The upright posts 6 of the. supply tube are received by upright sleeves 18 providedadjacent to the opposite ends of the burner element A, said sleeves being identical with the burner tubes 7 except that they may be reduced somewhat in length by shearing olf their upper ends at or adjacent to the level oi the upper' edge olY the upper cross web 14,

as shown. The posts so interengaged with the sleeves 18 serve to securely maintain the burner element A in upright position and to prevent shifting movement of said element.

The plates of Whieh the burner element A is composed obviously may be formed in long strips and out to length-that is, out to suit any Width of heatercasing in which they are to be used, thus obviating the necessity for providing a set of dies for each of the various lengths of plates which may be required in different sizes of stoves or heaters.

What is claimed is- In a gas heater, the combination with a heater easing, of a gas supply tube disposed horizontally Within said casing, relatively spaced nozzles carried by said tube, upright posts carried by said tube adjacent to its opposite ends, supporting members rarried by said tube intermediate said posts and a burner element superposed upon said supportinsc) members and having engagement with said posts, said element comprising companion sheet metal plates attached toget-her in faee-toface relation and shaped to form complementally a plurality of relatively spaced Bunsen burner tubes and postreceiving sleeves.

In testimony whereof, I atlix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY KIELBERG. TWitnesses G. O. SMITH, H. E. DUNLAP. 

